Daily Archives: May 23, 2017

The International Day for Biological Diversity

 Yesterday was the International Day for Biological Diversity – and we forgot to remind you; but maybe you knew already.  The UN set up IDB to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.  You’ll find some history here.  The theme for 2017 is Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism, and here’s what the UN press release said: Tourism…

Renewable energy in the EU

This link takes you to a series of graphs in the Economist which show how a range of different countries in the EU use wind energy to generate electricity. In 2015, the amount generated from renewables was 600 Terawatt Hours with wind being the source of over 50% of it. Germany is the best generator…